Veleda: Max Dashu gives us a series called, "The Women’s Dance," which (so far) has 5 parts, all with terrific pics. She posted Parts I-IV on Feb. 5 and Part V on Feb. 6. Part I: "Southern Asia" includes Bronze Age rock art, some items depicting ritualized "round" dances from the areas now Iran, Syria, and Tajeistan. Part II, "Northern Africa" includes rock murals and pottery showing ritual dancing. Part III: "Southern Africa" shows depictions of women dancing, shown on rock murals; Part IV: "Northern Mediterranean" includes red-ochred rock art from what is now Spain, as well as rock art, sculpture , and pottery from ancient Greece and Crete, and from what is now Italy. Part V: "North America," shows various types of dance performed by the indigenous peoples of North America including basket, circle, and ghost dances.

The Retiring Mind:In her Feb. 7 post, "Wandering thoughts on Deity," a discussion of the difficulty gay men may have finding "the Divine within" leads Wendy Griffin to ponder "Who is my Goddess? With which image, force or ancient sacred pantheon do I most resonate?"

Blog o’ Gnosis: Anne Hill writes about changes in publishing over the last few years in her Feb. 14 post, "An eBook Rises from the Bathwater." Her rising eBook, The Baby and the Bathwater is about her experience with Reclaiming. And Anne offers something special to her blog readersA few of the posts about trans issues & Pantheacon 2012:

The Wild Hunt: In a Feb. 23 post, "Pantheacon: Unity, Diversity, Controversy,"Jason Pitzl-Waters sees Pcon as successful in "mingling groups that often have vastly different ideas" and against this background, discusses the controversy at this year’s Pcon over a Z.Budapest-led ritual, a conflict with roots in a controversy that arose at 2011 Pcon over gender-based exclusion of people from Pcon events.

Way of the Rabbit: Yeshe Rabbit, High Priestess of CAYA Coven, in a Feb. 18 in a post, "An Invitation to remember who we are" writes: "There is no need for this escalation," before a planned protest about a ritual led by Z Budapest for "genetic women only," Yeshe asks Z how the situation can be resolved with "love, with compassion, and with queenly grace." After the ritual and protest on Feb. 21, Yeshe posted "Reaction, responses and resolution on PantheaCon," which includes an explanation of why her group decided to "stand in the liminal space between the ritual attendees and protesters and sing songs of peace and transformation."

T. ThornCoyle: Know Thyself: In a Feb. 19 post, "Holding the Beloved Community," Thorn Coyle responds to Yeshe Rabbit’s Feb. 18 post, basing her response on the philosophy of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Thorn, leader of the silent protest against Z’s "genetic women only" policy at the Pcon ritual, and writing before the event, notes that "Z Budapest is part of our beloved community." Thorn then explains why she decided to lead the protestLupabitch:Blogger Lupa was one of the protesters outside the Dianic ritual led by Z Budapest. In her Feb.19 post, she gives her views on what transpired. (With 228 comments at last count).HecateDemeter: In her Feb. 19 post, "I Contain Multitudes," blogger Hecate describes her background in Dianic Wicca and grapples with "what it is to be born in a body with a penis, yet to be a woman."

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